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Glass striped mosaic fragment

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Not on view
Translucent honey yellow, blue, purple, turquoise blue appearing partially green, opaque white, and colorless.

Flat section, possibly from the bottom of a pyxis (lidded box).

Striped mosaic and ribbon mosaic patterns in combination: a length of a single cane in honey yellow with white threads running alongside a row of roughly square canes of three different patterns, one in colorless with a central white rod within rings in purple and white, placed singly flanked by two pairs of canes, one in blue with a central white rod within rings in purple and white, the other in turquoise blue with a central white rod within rings in purple and white.

Ground and polished on upper surface, trimmed down along edges; some bubbles; some pitting and weathering on upper surface, dulling and iridescent weathering on underside, some weathering on edges.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass striped mosaic fragment
  • Period: Early Imperial
  • Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; cast
  • Dimensions: 3/4 × 1 15/16 × 1/8 in. (1.9 × 4.9 × 0.4 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.194.396.19
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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